Imperial Logistics awarded Corporate Educator of the Year

19 October 2017

Imperial
Logistics was named “Corporate Educator of the Year” for the fourth time at the
2017 “Supply Chain Management Education Excellence Awards”, which are hosted
annually by SAPICS.

These
awards recognise individuals, organisations and learning institutions that have
heeded the call to address the industry’s dire skills shortage, and have made a
substantial contribution to skills development in the supply chain arena.

“The
Corporate Educator of the Year category is extended to organisations that
recognise the value and importance of supply chain management education and
training for their employees. The organisations competing in this category were
all required to have invested in the continuous development in their people.
They had to ensure constant improvement in their employees’ skills, demonstrate
constructive support for employees’ career advancement aspirations and display
a positive attitude to skills development in supply chain management,” explains
Imperial Logistics chief strategy officer Cobus Rossouw.

The
category called for submissions that included testimonials from employees, in
support of the company’s nomination, as well as testimony from clients and
customers.

Imperial
Logistics boasts its own training facility, the Imperial Logistics Academy,
which was created to support group companies and employees in a practical way
with their learning and career development needs. The academy is staffed by
permanent employees, and also draws on a wide network of associate
facilitators, assessors, moderators and curriculum designers. The facility’s
training solutions are built on four strategic pillars, which are workplace
experience programmes, formal education, skills development compliance and
professional development.

SAPICS
established the Supply Chain Management Education Excellence Awards a decade
ago, and this prestigious event has gone from strength to strength. Each year,
the awards showcase a host of skills development success stories and are
raising the overall level of the supply chain profession in South Africa.

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